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An Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to Rome was on Monday hijacked and forced to land in Geneva, where the hijacker has been arrested, police said.
File picture for illustration only shows a jet coming in to land at Geneva's airport where an Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to Rome was forced to land and the hijacker arrested, February 17, 2014
Flight ET-702 from Addis Ababa to Rome "was hijacked... it landed in Geneva at 6:00 am (0500 GMT)," Geneva police spokesman Christophe Fortis told AFP, adding that the alleged hijacker "has been arrested."
"The airport has been closed and the situation is under control," he said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries and in a statement in Addis Ababa Ethiopian Airlines said "the passengers are safe and sound."
The Boeing 767 left Addis Ababa at 00:30 am (2130 GMT Sunday) and was due to land in the Italian capital at 4:40 am.
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